48 years later the grand- daughter of Rhoda Bement
ran a Philadelphia settlement house, arranged for and worked with W. E. B. DuBois in urban sociology study of the ghetto it served. Entitled The Philadelphia Negro. Her name was Katharine Bement Davis (KBD).
48 years later the grand-daughter of Rhoda Bement ran a Philadelphia settlement house, arranged for and worked with W. E. B. DuBois doing an sociological study of the ghetto it served. The Philadelphia Negro launched urban sociology. Her name was Katharine Bement Davis (KBD), whose middle name came from Rhoda’s last name. Grandma lived with Davis family in upstate NY.